VP Software Engineering

Engineering Lead (VP Level)

Location: London
Type: Permanent

Required Background

• Extensive experience within investment banking, electronic trading, or capital markets technology
• Proven track record delivering Front Office trading platforms across multiple asset classes
• Experience working with:
  • Fixed Income
  • Equities
  • ETFs
  • OTC Derivatives
• Strong understanding of pre-trade technology, including pricing, market data, execution workflows, and order management
• Experience partnering with Trading, Sales, Quantitative, and Product teams
• Deep knowledge of electronic trading workflows, market structure, liquidity management, and execution strategies
• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering large-scale platform transformation initiatives

Technical Skills

• Strong development expertise in:
  • Python (preferred)
  • R (preferred)
  • Rust (preferred)
• Experience building and supporting:
  • Real-time pricing engines
  • Pre-trade analytics platforms
  • Market data platforms
  • Execution and trading systems
  • Low-latency trading infrastructure
• Strong experience working with:
  • Real-time market data feeds
  • Pricing and valuation data
  • Trade and execution data
  • Ticket-level data
  • Streaming analytics platforms
• Cloud-native architecture and platform engineering
• Distributed systems design and high-performance application development
• Event-driven and real-time processing architectures

Nice to Have

• Experience delivering strategic trading platform rebuild or modernisation programmes
• Knowledge of pricing models and valuation methodologies
• Experience supporting electronic pricing and quote distribution platforms
• ETF market-making, liquidity management, and creation/redemption process expertise
• Experience building scalable cloud-based trading ecosystems
• Exposure to revenue-generating Front Office technology solutions
• Strong understanding of risk, pricing, and trading analytics platforms

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of a next-generation trading platform across multiple asset classes
• Define technical strategy, architecture, and engineering standards
• Partner with Front Office stakeholders to deliver trading, pricing, and execution capabilities
• Drive development of cloud-native, scalable, and low-latency solutions
• Oversee real-time market data, pricing, and analytics platforms
• Lead engineering teams through platform transformation and modernisation initiatives
• Ensure solutions support revenue generation, market-making, risk management, and trading efficiency
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to deliver strategic outcomes

We believe in equal opportunity for all and actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.